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2. Culture of Iran - Wikipedia

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   The culture of Iran (Persian: فرهنگ ایران) or culture of Persia [1] [2] [3] is one of the oldest and among the most influential in the world. Iran ( Persia ) is widely regarded as one of the cradles of civilization .

3. Iranian religions - Wikipedia

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   The ancient Iranian prophet, Zoroaster, reformed the early beliefs of ancient Iranians, the reconstructed Ancient Iranian religion, into a form of henotheism/monotheism. [1] The Gathas , hymns of Zoroaster's Avesta , introduced monotheistic ideas to Persia , while through the Yashts and Yasna , mentions are made to polytheism and earlier creeds.

4. Religion in Iran - Wikipedia

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   Religion in Iran has been shaped by multiple religions and sects over the course of the country's history. Zoroastrianism was the main followed religion during the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), Parthian Empire (247 BC-224 AD), and Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD). Another Iranian religion known as Manichaeanism was present in Iran during this period.

5. Ancient Iranian religion - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Iranian religion or Iranian paganism was a set of ancient beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples before the rise of Zoroastrianism. The religion closest to it was the historical Vedic religion that was practiced in India .

6. Iranian folklore - Wikipedia

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   Below are a number of historical tale books that contain Iranian folktales. Amir Arsalān e Nāmdār ("Amir Arsalan the Famous"), a popular legend that was narrated to Naser-ed-Din Shah. Dārāb-nāme ("Book of Darab"), a 12th-century book by Abu Taher Tarsusi that recounts a fiction about Alexander the Great and Darius III. [13] [14]

7. Iranian philosophy - Wikipedia

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   Throughout Iranian history and due to remarkable political and social changes such as the Arab and Mongol invasions of Persia, a wide spectrum of schools of thoughts showed a variety of views on philosophical questions extending from Old Iranian and mainly Zoroastrianism-related traditions, to schools appearing in the late pre-Islamic era such ...

8. Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia

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   Zoroastrianism shaped Iranian culture and history, while scholars differ on whether it significantly influenced ancient Western philosophy and the Abrahamic religions, [5] [6] or gradually reconciled with other religions and traditions, such as Christianity and Islam. [7]

9. Persian mythology - Wikipedia

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   Iranian mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطوره‌شناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples and a genre of ancient Persian folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and ...